| 2026-04-18 | NYT publishes Kantor/Liptak investigation of leaked 2016 SCOTUS memos documenting the origins of the modern shadow (interim) docket
8 src |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-30 | Liberation Day Tariff Anniversary: 89,000 Manufacturing Jobs Lost, SCOTUS Ruled Tariffs Illegal | | |
| 2026-03-23 | Supreme Court Declines Citizen Journalist Case, Sotomayor Dissents on First Amendment Arrest
3 src Supreme Court · Justice Sonia Sotomayor · Priscilla Villarreal · City of Laredo |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-16 | Supreme Court Grants Cert Before Judgment in Haiti and Syria TPS Cases, Keeping Injunctions in Place
4 src Supreme Court · Donald Trump · Judge Ana Reyes |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-21 | Supreme Court Hears Trump v. Cook, Justices Skeptical of Presidential Power to Fire Federal Reserve Governors
4 src Donald Trump · Lisa Cook · U.S. Supreme Court · Brett Kavanaugh · +2 | | confirmed |
| 2026-01-14 | Supreme Court Rules 7-2 in Bost v. Illinois That Candidates Have Standing to Challenge Election Rules
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · John Roberts · Ketanji Brown Jackson · Sonia Sotomayor · +1 | | confirmed |
| 2026-01-07 | National Guard Troops Return Home After Supreme Court Blocks Trump Deployment to Chicago, Portland, LA
3 src Donald Trump · Gavin Newsom · Brandon Johnson · U.S. Northern Command · +1 | | confirmed |
| 2025-12-23 | Supreme Court Blocks Trump National Guard Deployment to Chicago, Ruling 'Regular Forces' Means Military
14 src U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · John Roberts · Brett Kavanaugh · +9 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-19 | Supreme Court Rejects Trump Administration Emergency Request to Silence Immigration Judges, First Major Loss on Shadow Docket
4 src Supreme Court of the United States · Donald Trump · National Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ) · Department of Justice · +4 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-08 | Supreme Court Signals Intent to Overturn 90-Year Precedent Protecting Independent Agency Leaders from Presidential Firing, Expanding Executive Power
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · Rebecca Slaughter · John Roberts · +4 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-05 | Supreme Court Grants Review of Trump's Birthright Citizenship Challenge, Setting Stage for Constitutional Crisis
5 src U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · D. John Sauer · American Civil Liberties Union · +5 |
| disputed |
| 2025-12-04 | Supreme Court Reinstates Texas Mid-Decade Congressional Map Designed for Republican Advantage Despite Racial Gerrymandering Findings
7 src Supreme Court of the United States · Greg Abbott · Donald Trump · Texas Legislature · +6 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-11-07 | Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Full SNAP Payments to 42 Million Americans
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · Ketanji Brown Jackson · John McConnell Jr. · U.S. Department of Agriculture · +1 |
| reported |
| 2025-11-06 | SCOTUS shadow-docket stay in Trump v. Orr clears State Department passport policy requiring sex-at-birth marker
3 src |
| confirmed |
| 2025-11-06 | Supreme Court Issues Emergency Stay Allowing Trump Administration to Withhold $4 Billion in SNAP Food Benefits
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · Ketanji Brown Jackson · John McConnell · USDA |
| reported |
| 2025-11-05 | Supreme Court Hears Landmark Tariff Case, Justices Express Deep Skepticism of Trump's Emergency Powers
3 src Donald Trump · U.S. Supreme Court |
| confirmed |
| 2025-10-29 | Supreme Court to Review Trump's Federalization of National Guard in Chicago, Nationwide Implications
3 src April Perry · Donald Trump · JB Pritzker · U.S. Supreme Court |
| confirmed |
| 2025-10-15 | Supreme Court Reargues Louisiana v. Callais, Threatens Voting Rights Act
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · Louisiana · American Civil Liberties Union · NAACP Legal Defense Fund · +1 |
| reported |
| 2025-10-06 | Supreme Court Begins 2025-2026 Term with Focus on Executive Power and Voting Rights
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · John Roberts · Conservative Majority |
| confirmed |
| 2025-10-03 | SCOTUS second shadow-docket stay in Noem v. National TPS Alliance pauses summary judgment order restoring Venezuelan TPS
3 src |
| confirmed |
| 2025-09-26 | Supreme Court Allows Trump to Withhold $4B in Foreign Aid Through Illegal 'Pocket Rescission'
2 src U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · Elena Kagan · Mike Johnson · +1 |
| reported |
| 2025-09-22 | Supreme Court Agrees to Reconsider Humphrey's Executor, Review Trump's Power to Fire Agency Heads
2 src U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · Rebecca Slaughter · Federal Trade Commission · +1 |
| reported |
| 2025-09-22 | Supreme Court Allows Trump to Fire FTC Commissioner Slaughter, Threatens Independent Agencies
2 src U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · Rebecca Slaughter · Alvaro Bedoya · +1 |
| reported |
| 2025-09-08 | SCOTUS shadow-docket stay in Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo permits ICE to use ethnicity, Spanish fluency, location, and occupation as reasonable-suspicion factors
3 src |
| confirmed |
| 2025-09-04 | Trump Administration Petitions Supreme Court for Emergency Review of Tariffs Ruling
3 src Donald Trump · U.S. Supreme Court · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · Department of Justice | | reported |
| 2025-08-21 | SCOTUS shadow-docket stay in NIH v. American Public Health Association clears DEI-flagged grant terminations (Tucker Act routing)
3 src |
| confirmed |
| 2025-08-01 | Supreme Court Expands Louisiana Redistricting Case to Challenge Section 2 of Voting Rights Act
5 src U.S. Supreme Court · Department of Justice · Louisiana · NAACP Legal Defense Fund · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-07-23 | Supreme Court Emergency Order in Trump v. Boyle
4 src US Supreme Court · Donald Trump · CPSC Commissioners · Justice Kagan | | confirmed |
| 2025-07-14 | Supreme Court 6-3 Stay Authorizes Mass Federal Workforce Reductions at 22 Agencies
8 src U.S. Supreme Court · Trump Administration · American Federation of Government Employees |
| confirmed |
| 2025-07-08 | Supreme Court lifts injunctions, enables mass firings at 19 federal agencies
4 src U.S. Supreme Court · Federal Agencies · General Services Administration · Department of Government Efficiency · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-06-27 | Supreme Court Restricts Nationwide Injunctions in Trump v. CASA, Expanding Executive Power
9 src U.S. Supreme Court · Trump Administration · CASA de Maryland |
| confirmed |
| 2025-06-23 | Supreme Court 6-3 Allows Third-Country Deportations Without Due Process
9 src U.S. Supreme Court · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Sonia Sotomayor |
| confirmed |
| 2025-06-06 | SCOTUS shadow-docket stay in U.S. DOGE Service v. CREW narrows FOIA discovery against DOGE, shielding internal operations
3 src |
| confirmed |
| 2025-06-06 | Supreme Court Restores DOGE Access to Social Security Data in 6-3 Ruling, Overturns Lower Court Protections
2 src | | confirmed |
| 2025-05-30 | SCOTUS shadow-docket stay in Noem v. Doe clears Trump termination of CHNV humanitarian parole affecting ~500,000 Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, Venezuelan migrants
3 src |
| confirmed |
| 2025-05-22 | SCOTUS 6-3 shadow-docket stay in Trump v. Wilcox greenlights presidential removal of NLRB and MSPB members, effectively narrowing Humphrey's Executor
3 src |
| confirmed |
| 2025-05-19 | SCOTUS shadow-docket stay in Noem v. National TPS Alliance clears Venezuelan Temporary Protected Status termination (initial stay)
3 src |
| confirmed |
| 2025-05-07 | Supreme Court Confronts Systemic Emoluments Violations
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · Department of Justice · Executive Branch |
| confirmed |
| 2025-05-06 | SCOTUS 6-3 shadow-docket stay in United States v. Shilling lifts injunction on Trump transgender military ban
3 src |
| confirmed |
| 2025-05-05 | Supreme Court Attempts to Mitigate Constitutional Emergency Powers Dispute
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · Executive Branch · Legislative Branch |
| confirmed |
| 2025-04-10 | Federal Judges Establish Precedent for Presidential Accountability
4 src Federal Judiciary · U.S. Supreme Court · Department of Justice · Rebecca Slaughter · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-04-10 | Supreme Court Unanimously Rules Government Must 'Facilitate' Abrego Garcia's Return
5 src Supreme Court · Chief Justice John Roberts · Kilmar Abrego Garcia · Trump Administration · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-04-08 | SCOTUS shadow-docket stay in OPM v. AFGE lifts district-court order reinstating 16,000 probationary federal employees
3 src |
| confirmed |
| 2025-04-07 | SCOTUS 5-4 shadow-docket stay in Trump v. J.G.G. vacates TROs blocking Alien Enemies Act removals of Venezuelan nationals
3 src |
| confirmed |
| 2025-04-04 | SCOTUS 5-4 shadow-docket stay in Department of Education v. California clears termination of DEI-flagged teacher-training grants
3 src |
| confirmed |
| 2025-03-27 | Musk announces $1 million for Wisconsin voter in Supreme Court race
4 src Elon Musk · Scott Ainsworth · Brad Schimel · Susan Crawford · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-03-22 | Supreme Court Continues to Sidestep Definitive Ruling on Presidential Emoluments
7 src U.S. Supreme Court · Trump Administration · Ethics Watchdogs |
| confirmed |
| 2025-03-15 | Supreme Court Conducts Unprecedented Hearing on Presidential Emoluments
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · Trump Administration · Constitutional Scholars |
| confirmed |
| 2025-02-15 | Federal Courts Grapple with Unprecedented Emoluments Enforcement Challenge
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · Federal District Courts · Trump Administration |
| confirmed |
| 2025-01-23 | Supreme Court stays Fifth Circuit's nationwide injunction of Corporate Transparency Act in McHenry v. Texas Top Cop Shop (shadow-docket order)
6 src |
| confirmed |
| 2024-10-30 | Supreme Court Allows Virginia to Purge 1,600 Voters Days Before Election Despite Federal Law
3 src US Supreme Court · Glenn Youngkin (Governor) · Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights | | confirmed |
| 2024-07-11 | Judge Merchan Postpones Trump Sentencing to September After Supreme Court Immunity Ruling
4 src Juan Merchan · Donald Trump · Alvin Bragg |
| confirmed |
| 2024-07-01 | Supreme Court Grants Broad Presidential Immunity in Trump v. United States, Creating King-Like Powers
15 src U.S. Supreme Court · Chief Justice John Roberts · Justice Clarence Thomas · Justice Samuel Alito · +10 |
| confirmed |
| 2024-06-28 | SCOTUS overrules Chevron deference (Loper Bright v. Raimondo)
4 src Supreme Court of the United States · Chief Justice John Roberts · National Marine Fisheries Service | | confirmed |
| 2024-06-27 | Supreme Court Rejects Sackler Immunity in 5-4 Decision, Blocks Bankruptcy Shield
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · Neil Gorsuch · Ketanji Brown Jackson · Brett Kavanaugh · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2024-06-13 | SCOTUS: No standing in challenge to mifepristone changes (FDA v. AHM)
4 src Supreme Court of the United States · Food and Drug Administration | | confirmed |
| 2024-03-19 | SCOTUS allows Texas SB 4 to take effect temporarily
5 src Supreme Court of the United States · State of Texas · Biden Administration · Justice Samuel Alito · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2024-01-15 | Systematic Supreme Court Ethics Violations Exposed: Thomas-Crow Revelations Reveal Institutional Corruption
3 src Clarence Thomas · Harlan Crow · Senate Judiciary Committee · ProPublica |
| confirmed |
| 2023-11-13 | Supreme Court adopts first-ever Code of Conduct — non-binding, unenforceable, no external oversight
5 src | | confirmed |
| 2023-06-30 | Supreme Court Allows Religious Exemptions from Anti-Discrimination Laws in 303 Creative v. Elenis
9 src U.S. Supreme Court · Justice Neil Gorsuch · Chief Justice John Roberts · Justice Clarence Thomas · +12 |
| confirmed |
| 2023-06-30 | Supreme Court Strikes Down Biden Student Loan Forgiveness 6-3 - Protects Debt System Against Democratic Relief
3 src John Roberts · Joe Biden · Elena Kagan |
| confirmed |
| 2023-06-29 | Supreme Court Ends Affirmative Action in College Admissions in Students for Fair Admissions Decisions
12 src U.S. Supreme Court · Chief Justice John Roberts · Justice Clarence Thomas · Justice Samuel Alito · +12 |
| confirmed |
| 2023-06-27 | Supreme Court Rejects Dangerous "Independent State Legislature" Theory in Moore v. Harper
3 src US Supreme Court · North Carolina Legislature · Democracy advocates |
| confirmed |
| 2023-06-20 | ProPublica Reveals Samuel Alito's Undisclosed Luxury Trip with Billionaire Paul Singer
3 src Samuel Alito · Paul Singer · Elliott Investment Management · Leonard Leo · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2023-06-08 | Allen v. Milligan reaffirms Voting Rights Act §2; orders additional majority-Black district in Alabama
5 src Supreme Court of the United States · State of Alabama · DOJ Civil Rights Division | | confirmed |
| 2023-04-06 | ProPublica Exposes Two Decades of Undisclosed Thomas-Crow Gifts
4 src ProPublica · Clarence Thomas · Harlan Crow · U.S. Supreme Court | | confirmed |
| 2022-06-30 | Supreme Court Establishes Major Questions Doctrine in West Virginia v. EPA, Limiting Regulatory Power
5 src U.S. Supreme Court · Chief Justice John Roberts · Justice Clarence Thomas · Justice Samuel Alito · +10 |
| confirmed |
| 2022-06-27 | Kennedy v. Bremerton: Supreme Court Rules 6-3 for Public School Prayer, Effectively Overturning Lemon Test
2 src Joseph Kennedy · Neil Gorsuch · First Liberty Institute |
| confirmed |
| 2022-06-24 | Dobbs v. Jackson: Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade — The 49-Year Institutional Capture Project Succeeds
2 src Samuel Alito · Leonard Leo · Federalist Society · Neil Gorsuch · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2022-01-13 | Supreme Court Blocks Biden OSHA Vaccine Mandate as Executive Overreach
4 src U.S. Supreme Court · Joe Biden · Occupational Safety and Health Administration · U.S. Department of Labor |
| confirmed |
| 2021-08-26 | Supreme Court Strikes Down CDC Eviction Moratorium as Unauthorized Executive Action
4 src U.S. Supreme Court · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Joe Biden · Alabama Association of Realtors |
| confirmed |
| 2021-01-25 | Supreme Court Dismisses All Trump Emoluments Cases as Moot
3 src US Supreme Court · Donald Trump · CREW (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington) · District of Columbia · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2021-01-06 | Ginni Thomas Attends "Stop the Steal" Rally Before Capitol Attack, CNP Board Member at Insurrection
4 src Ginni Thomas · Clarence Thomas · Council for National Policy · CNP Action · +5 | | confirmed |
| 2020-10-26 | Senate Confirms Amy Coney Barrett 52-48 Eight Days Before Election, Creating 6-3 Conservative Supermajority
4 src Amy Coney Barrett · Mitch McConnell · Donald Trump · Susan Collins · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2020-09-26 | Rose Garden Amy Coney Barrett Ceremony Becomes White House COVID Superspreader Event
3 src Donald Trump · Amy Coney Barrett · Melania Trump · Mike Lee · +6 |
| confirmed |
| 2020-09-26 | Trump Nominates Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court, Religious Conservative to Replace Liberal Icon Ginsburg
4 src Donald Trump · Amy Coney Barrett · Mitch McConnell · Ruth Bader Ginsburg |
| confirmed |
| 2020-09-18 | Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies 46 Days Before Election, McConnell Immediately Vows to Confirm Replacement Despite 2016 Standard
4 src Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Mitch McConnell · Donald Trump · Clara Spera · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2020-06-30 | Espinoza v. Montana - Supreme Court Strikes Down State Bans on Religious School Funding
3 src Chief Justice John Roberts · Justice Clarence Thomas · Justice Samuel Alito · Institute for Justice · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2019-07-01 | Clarence Thomas Takes 8-Day Indonesia Yacht Trip with Harlan Crow
4 src Clarence Thomas · Virginia Thomas · Harlan Crow | | confirmed |
| 2019-06-27 | Supreme Court Rules Partisan Gerrymandering Beyond Federal Court Jurisdiction
4 src U.S. Supreme Court · John Roberts · Robert Rucho · Common Cause |
| confirmed |
| 2019-01-01 | Ginni Thomas Joins CNP Action Board - Supreme Court Spouse in Conservative Coordination Hub
2 src Ginni Thomas · Clarence Thomas · Council for National Policy · CNP Action |
| confirmed |
| 2018-10-06 | Senate Confirms Kavanaugh 50-48 Despite Sexual Assault Allegations and Severely Limited FBI Investigation
4 src Brett Kavanaugh · Susan Collins · Joe Manchin · Lisa Murkowski · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2018-09-27 | Christine Blasey Ford Delivers Credible, Emotional Testimony Alleging Kavanaugh Sexual Assault, He Responds with Partisan Rant
4 src Christine Blasey Ford · Brett Kavanaugh · Lindsey Graham · Chuck Grassley · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2018-06-27 | Janus v. AFSCME - Supreme Court Strikes Down Public Sector Union Fees, Targeting Teachers' Unions
6 src Justice Samuel Alito · Justice Neil Gorsuch · National Right to Work Foundation · State Policy Network · +4 |
| confirmed |
| 2018-06-11 | Supreme Court Upholds Ohio's Aggressive "Use It Or Lose It" Voter Purge System
4 src U.S. Supreme Court · Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor · Jon Husted |
| confirmed |
| 2018-05-21 | Epic Systems v. Lewis: Supreme Court Allows Mandatory Arbitration Blocking Class Action Labor Claims
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · Neil Gorsuch · Federalist Society · Corporate employers · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2018-02-26 | Texas Leads 20 Republican States in Lawsuit Seeking to Eliminate Entire ACA
6 src Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton · Judge Reed O'Connor · 20 Republican State Attorneys General · California Attorney General Xavier Becerra · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2018-01-01 | Clarence Thomas Attends Koch Network Donor Summit - Supreme Court Ethics Violations
2 src Clarence Thomas · Koch Network · Council for National Policy |
| confirmed |
| 2017-05-22 | TC Heartland v. Kraft: Supreme Court Limits Patent Forum Shopping, Curbing Eastern District of Texas Troll Haven
4 src U.S. Supreme Court · Clarence Thomas · TC Heartland · Kraft Foods · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2017-04-16 | Neil Gorsuch Sells Property to Law Firm CEO Days After Supreme Court Confirmation
4 src Neil Gorsuch · Brian Duffy · Greenberg Traurig |
| confirmed |
| 2017-04-07 | McConnell Invokes Nuclear Option, Eliminates Filibuster for Supreme Court Nominees, Gorsuch Confirmed 54-45
4 src Mitch McConnell · Neil Gorsuch · Chuck Schumer · Harry Reid · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2016-03-16 | Obama Nominates Merrick Garland to Supreme Court, McConnell and Senate Republicans Refuse to Hold Hearings or Vote
4 src Barack Obama · Merrick Garland · Mitch McConnell · Chuck Grassley |
| confirmed |
| 2016-02-13 | Justice Antonin Scalia Dies, McConnell Immediately Vows to Block Any Obama Nominee
4 src Antonin Scalia · Mitch McConnell · Barack Obama |
| confirmed |
| 2015-06-25 | Supreme Court Rejects King v. Burwell Challenge to ACA Subsidies in Federal Exchanges
4 src U.S. Supreme Court · Chief Justice John Roberts · Justice Antonin Scalia · King (Plaintiff) · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2014-10-20 | Harlan Crow Purchases Clarence Thomas's Mother's House in Undisclosed Deal
4 src Clarence Thomas · Harlan Crow · Leola Williams (Thomas's mother) · Crow Holdings | | confirmed |
| 2014-06-19 | Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank: Supreme Court Restricts Software Patents, Reducing Patent Troll Leverage Over Abstract Business Methods
4 src U.S. Supreme Court · Clarence Thomas · Alice Corp · CLS Bank International · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2014-06-16 | Supreme Court backs broad discovery in Argentina debt case (Alito joined majority); Singer's fund later benefited
4 src Samuel Alito · Paul Singer · Elliott Management · Republic of Argentina · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2014-04-02 | Supreme Court Strikes Down Aggregate Campaign Contribution Limits in McCutcheon v. FEC
5 src U.S. Supreme Court · Chief Justice John Roberts · Shaun McCutcheon · Republican National Committee · +6 |
| confirmed |
| 2014-01-21 | Former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and Wife Indicted on Federal Corruption Charges
3 src Bob McDonnell · Maureen McDonnell · Jonnie Williams | | confirmed |
| 2013-06-17 | Supreme Court Allows Antitrust Challenge to Pay-for-Delay Drug Settlements Costing Consumers $3.5 Billion Annually
4 src Supreme Court of the United States · Federal Trade Commission · Solvay Pharmaceuticals · Actavis · +2 |
| confirmed |